What's New for April 2024

Digest State Dashboard provides state-level data on key education statistics (April 25, 2024)
The Digest State Dashboard is a central hub for the most recently published state-level data on topics of current interest in American education. Topics currently covered include student enrollment trends and student characteristics, public and private schools and teachers, enrollment in and number of postsecondary institutions, standardized assessment scores, graduation rates, school expenditures and postsecondary tuition and fees. The Dashboard will be updated throughout the year as the most recent data from the Digest of Education Statistics become available.

Most Schools Report Some Concern About Students Meeting Academic Standards and Issues Related to Staffing Shortages (April 16, 2024)
The February 2024 School Pulse Panel (SPP) release provides information on concerns from school leaders and parents, social and emotional skills, and state assessment perceptions during the 2023-24 school year, as reported by school leaders in U.S. public schools.

School Pulse Panel U.S. Outlying Area Data: January 2024 Results from NCES (April 15, 2024)
The School Pulse Panel has collected data on a range of high-priority, education-related topics from public primary, middle, high, and combined-grade schools in four U.S. Outlying Areas – American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. These SPP data were collected from public schools in the Outlying Areas from January 9 through January 23, 2024.

A First Look at the 2021 Postsecondary Outcomes of Fall 2009 Ninth-Graders (April 8, 2024)
High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09): A First Look at the 2021 Postsecondary Enrollment, Completion, and Financial Aid Outcomes of Fall 2009 Ninth-Graders presents selected findings from the HSLS:09 Postsecondary Education Administrative Records Collection (PEAR).